Beam profile member comprising deformable zones for absorbing deformations of said profile member during the securing thereof

ABSTRACT

A beam profile member intended for being secured to a wall and arranged to allow the fastening of a tensioned fabric in order to produce a false wall, the beam profile member including a flange for securing to the wall having an inside face and an outside face, characterised in that the outside face of the securing flange is provided with at least one resiliently deformable zone arranged to absorb the deformation of the securing flange generated by the pushing force applied to the inside face of the securing flange during the operation to secure the beam profile member to the wall.

BACKGROUND

The invention relates to a beam profile member for making a false wallwith tensioned fabric.

In the conventional way, the beam profile members are fastened to thewalls with screws or staples in the case of false walls with tensionedfabric. During securing, the beam profile members undergo a deformationinduced by the pushing movement exerted during the screwing and staplingoperation. In addition, the beam profile member may slip when it ispositioned on the wall, making it difficult to install and fix the beamprofile member.

The invention is intended to remedy these problems by providing a beamprofile member to facilitate the positioning and securing thereof to awall while avoiding the deformations induced during securing.

SUMMARY

To this end, and according to a first aspect, the invention proposes abeam profile member intended for being secured to a wall and arranged toallow the fastening of a tensioned fabric in order to produce a falsewall, the beam profile member including a flange for securing to thewall having an inside face and an outside face, said beam profile memberbeing remarkable in that the outside face of the securing flange isprovided with at least one resiliently deformable zone arranged toabsorb the deformation of the securing flange generated by the pushingforce applied to the inside face of the securing flange during theoperation to secure the beam profile member to the wall.

Due to the presence of at least one resiliently deformable zone providedon the securing flange and arranged to provide a bearing interfacebetween the securing flange and the wall receiving the beam profilemember, only the resiliently deformable zone deforms, thus absorbing thepushing forces applied during securing of the beam profile member to thewall. The resiliently deformable zone also acts as an anti-skid feature,making it easier to fit and secure the beam profile member.

Advantageously, the resiliently deformable zone is arranged to define anabsorption line longitudinally extending on the outside of the securingflange.

In an advantageous configuration, the beam profile member has a centralresiliently deformable zone extending over the whole or a part of thelength of the outside face and two resiliently deformable zones arrangedon either side of the central resiliently deformable zone, parallelthereto and in the vicinity of the end edges of the outside face.

Advantageously, the resiliently deformable zone consists of a tonguemade of resiliently deformable synthetic material. According to aparticular embodiment, the tongue is co-extruded with the securingflange.

Advantageously, the resiliently deformable zone is arranged to define anabsorption line substantially parallel to at least one groove arrangedlongitudinally on the inside face of the securing flange, the grooveconstituting a guide groove for elements securing the beam profilemember to the wall.

Advantageously, the outside face has a notching to help hold the beamprofile member on the wall.

Advantageously, the inside face has tongues for securing a panelprovided with grooves complementary to the tongues.

The invention also relates to a beam formed by at least one beam profilemember as described above.

The invention also relates to a false wall comprising a beam formed ofat least one such profile member and a fabric secured tensioned on thebeam.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, which refers to the appended drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a beam profile memberaccording to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a view of a beam profile member of FIG. 1 provided with apanel;

For greater clarity, the same or similar elements of the differentembodiments are marked by identical references on all the figures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The beam profile member is described below according to the positionshown in the figures.

The terms “vertical”, “horizontal”, “upper” and “lower” are thereforerelated to this position of use.

FIG. 1 shows a beam profile member 1 secured to a wall 2 and on which atensioned fabric 20 is fastened. The beam profile member 1, alone orjoined with similar profiles, is intended to make false walls, with thetensioned fabric. In the example shown, the wall 2 is a wall shell, butit is of course obvious that the beam profile member can be secured to aceiling.

The beam profile member 1 has a vertical securing flange 3 arranged toenable said profile to be secured to the face 2 of the wall shell and ahorizontal flange 4 arranged in line with the upper end of the securingflange 3. A web 9 extending substantially halfway up the securing flange3 has, from the securing flange 3, a horizontal portion 90 extended byan upwardly directed portion 91 in the direction opposite the securingflange 3 which is itself extended by an end portion 92.

In addition, the beam profile member 1 has means forming a clamp forsecuring the fabric 20 to the beam profile member 1. The clamp meanscomprises a retaining lip 40 formed at the lower end of the horizontalflange 4 and arranged to co-operate with a notching 93 formed on the endportion 92 of the web 9.

The securing flange 3 is provided on the inside face 3A withlongitudinal grooves which form guide grooves 6 for the securingelements (such as screws, staples or other known securing means) of thebeam profile member 1 on the wall 2.

The securing flange 3 has, on its outside face 3B, support zonesconfigured to absorb the deformation of the securing flange 3 generatedby the pushing force applied on the inside face 3A of the securingflange 3 during the operation of securing the beam profile member 1 tothe wall 2. These will be referred to as absorption zones 5.

Each absorption zone 5 is arranged to define an absorption linelongitudinally extending on the outside face 3B of the securing flange3.

In the example shown, the outside face 3B is provided with threeabsorption zones 5. In particular, the outside face 3B has a medianabsorption zone 5A extending over the whole or a part of the length ofthe outside face 3B and two absorption zones 5B, 5C arranged on eitherside of the median absorption zone 5A, parallel thereto and in thevicinity of the end edges of the outside face 3B.

Each absorption zone 5 consists of a tongue 50 made of resilientlydeformable synthetic material. According to a particular configuration,the beam profile member 1 is made of extruded synthetic material, of thePVC type and the absorption zones 5 are made of soft PVC byco-extrusion.

Advantageously, the outside face 3B of the securing flange 3 has anotching 7. In this way, if the beam profile member 1 is glued to wall2, the holding of the beam profile member 1 against the wall 2 isimproved.

In the example shown, the beam profile member 1 has, on its inside face3A, two projections 8 designed to cooperate with complementary groovesprovided on a panel. The projections 8 are arranged so as to be insertedbetween the guide grooves 6. FIG. 2 shows the beam profile member 1provided with a panel 10 provided with grooves 11 in which theprojections 8 are embedded.

The invention is described above by way of example. It should beunderstood that the person skilled in the art is able to carry outdifferent embodiments of the invention without departing from the scopeof the invention.

1. A beam profile member intended for being secured to a wall andarranged to allow the fastening of a tensioned fabric in order toproduce a false wall, the beam profile member including a flange forsecuring to the wall (20 having an inside face and an outside face, theoutside face of the securing flange is provided with at least oneresiliently deformable zone arranged to absorb the deformation of thesecuring flange generated by the pushing force applied to the insideface of the securing flange during the operation to secure the beamprofile member to the wall.
 2. The beam profile member according toclaim 1, wherein the resiliently deformable zone is arranged to define alongitudinally extending absorption line on the outside face of thesecuring flange.
 3. The beam profile member according to claim 1,wherein the beam profile member comprises a median resilientlydeformable zone extending over the whole or part of the length of theoutside face and two resiliently deformable zones disposed on eitherside of the median resiliently deformable zone, parallel thereto and inthe vicinity of the end edges of the outside face.
 4. The beam profilemember according to claim 1, wherein the resiliently deformable zoneconsists of a tongue made of a resiliently deformable syntheticmaterial.
 5. The beam profile member according to claim 4, wherein thetongue is co-extruded with the securing flange.
 6. The beam profilemember according to claim 1, wherein the resiliently deformable zone isarranged to define an absorption line substantially parallel to at leastone groove provided longitudinally on the inside face of the securingflange, the groove constituting a guide groove for elements for securingthe beam profile member to the wall.
 7. The beam profile memberaccording to claim 1, wherein the outside face has a notching to promoteholding the beam profile member on the wall.
 8. The beam profile memberaccording to claim 1, wherein the inside face comprises tongues forsecuring a panel provided with grooves complementary to the tongues. 9.A beam formed by a beam profile member according to claim
 1. 10. A falsewall comprising a beam formed by at least one beam profile memberaccording to claim 1, and a fabric secured tensioned to the beam.